Riot Grasper

- At night, the conversation of the black-clad men sounds quietly at the orphanage in the village of Lana.

"... well, I don't feel like a sweet judge for Captain Sergio."

"Right? Shouldn't all the people here be finished?"

"Whoa, behave yourself carefully. If you resist, it's inevitable, but basically, we're keeping the status quo."

"Oh... I know."

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Roy and the minis got up and went out to work in the sugar cane fields as usual. The group that attacked the orphanage doesn't mean they'll get their hands on it if they're grown up. I've been living my normal life the last few days like I was told.

Although many of the black scumbag groups had disappeared this morning for whatever reason, the two appear to have remained on guard.

- The children help with harvesting operations until before the evening and receive wages from farmers.

"See you tomorrow, please."

A mini takes a small wage and walks Tokotoko down the road to an orphanage outside the village.

There, the boy who would have waited for the mini - Roy spoke up.

"Obnoxious."

"Yeah. And everyone else?

"We're done here, so we're back."

"Oh well. Um... Are you okay with these wounds these other day?

When the orphanage was raided by Serdio and others, Roy, who disobeyed him, was to be hurt, but fortunately there were no anomalies in the bones, etc.

"It still hurts a little, but it's okay. But I'm sorry to hear that... I don't really want to remember."

"I don't... I don't. Because they're adults and bad people. I was just shivering..."

"Well Mini is a girl, isn't she? I... I was still going to work out a little bit. Look, are orphans basically all poor? So when I grew up, I was going to be an adventurer and make a cup of money. I used to do secret training when I had time, but like that... besides... right in front of me..."

That's it, Roy opens his mouth with a slightly nervous face.

"What's going on?

"No... what is Mini going to do in the future? You got something you want to do or something?

"I have no idea, but I wish I could repay the people I took care of."

"Oh well. Right...... I have to donate to the orphanage if I can make money too. Ha... you know, when I leave this village if Mini is good..."

Roy's words - they interrupted him there.

Because on the way to the orphanage, a shadow caught my eye that I didn't even want to see.

The man who hid his face with a black scumbag - one of the groups that raided the orphanage. Roy reflexively stood up and hid the mini behind his body.

"What can I do for you? We didn't do anything weird. I'm just living my normal life like you guys said. I didn't ask anyone for help."

"Fine then. But... unfortunately, either of you will be killed in the end."

Roy pushed in the unpleasant feeling he conveyed to his spine and raised his voice.

"Duh, what do you mean?!? We're good..."

"Yes. That's right. That would be too pathetic. So I thought. You guys - we're gonna go get help now."

"What are you talking about? If you do that... everyone."

"I'm telling you I'm gonna pretend I didn't see it. Look... this is the only way you guys can help. Hurry up and go."

Roy and Mini look at each other and nod at each other.

The two turned their heels back and rushed out to return to the path they had come on foot.

Two people who move their little bodies desperately - a man who was silently watching them leak a slight whisper.

A voice immersed in the pleasure of being transparent and visible, the expression that should be hidden by a cloth.

"A busty kid who defied Captain Sergio is now on the run... and he has to end it. It would be great if we could put them all together and dispose of them with joint responsibility...... Kuhi, HI HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!"

The man pulls one out of countless knives hanging from a leather string on his hips.

"Run, run. I don't feel like hunting if the prey hasn't moved around. The hunter's blood is making a scene."

"- Hey, what do you do when you call for help?

"There's another guy on the lookout. The village grownups aren't safe. So that they can contact the Adventurer Guild or the Guard in the nearby city -... Danger!

Roy thrust the mini running beside him.

A knife thrown from the rear devours Roy's arm, spraying red spots on the ground.

"Ouch... what do you mean, this is"

From the space where darkness is dominating, it was the earlier man who appeared loose.

"Nice. Moves better than I thought. Maybe it was promising in the future."

"Damn... you didn't mean to let us go from the beginning."

"Things are well understood and above all. I'll kill you for the reward later. First you chop up the kid that's over there, then..."

To those words, Roy forgot the pain in his arm for a moment.

There is only one direction of emotion heated to cloudiness.

- Anger.

"Uhhhhhhhhhhh"

He clung to the back of both knees of the man in front of him with the scream, trying to push him back down and hit him with all his strength.

Sometimes the other person was alarmed. but this is Roy's best hand far inferior in stature.

As the unbalanced man fell, Roy screamed as far as his power could.

"Just the mini. Run!

"But..."

"Come on, come on!

of the boy I grew up with, the first time I've heard it out loud.

In response to that voice, Mini sneezed her face and ran out.

Even though she seems solid, Mini is still a girl under the age of ten.

I wipe my eyes with the back of my hand many times, but my vision blurs.

I can't speak up well when I try to get help.

If you open your mouth, all you'll get is a trembling cry.

In the first place, who should I ask for help?

There is no such thing as an Adventurer's Guild in such a small village, nor is there a guard soldier.

Ask the village grownups to go to the city and get help? I'm sure everyone in the orphanage will be killed in the meantime. And Roy is already...

With a sense of helpless despair in his chest, Mini made him fall to the ground with his legs pulled.

I think I'm going to get up immediately and get help... but the whimpering that forces me out of the inside of my body gets in the way.

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

"- Um, okay?

With a response to his own voice crying out, Mini momentously lifts his dirty face with dirt and tears.

The other person's face is blurred because of his eyes containing tears, but a very gentle looking voice.

He is dressed in a long robe, but wears protective gear on the inside and a sword on the hips.

Ugh... Insurer, is it?

Visited this village at some request......?

The mini who thought so protruded his palm against him with a hint of hope.

There - a few copper coins obtained with the help of today's harvest are gripped.

"Please. I'm sure I'll be back for what I'm missing... so take care of everyone...!

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- Roy shook his fist up at his fallen opponent.

But he gets kicked in the abdomen and rolled unnecessarily to the ground.

I looked at them while resenting their own weight, which was too light.

"You'll do it. I don't have the body to kill you right away...

"Ugh... Gu!

The knife that was stabbing Roy in the arm was pulled out unconstitutionally and a blood splash broke out.

"Yes... you will feed my pet. He'll love it, too."

"Hey, what did you say..."

Huh, and rip the air and wave down the murder weapon in the dust.

"Don't move too much. If you don't bleed properly, the meat will stink... and I'll chop it up all over you. Hihaha."

One blow, two blows...... the murder weapon being rolled out slashes and rips Roy's skin off.

Probably playing.

It should be possible immediately if you want to kill him, but maybe you're enjoying seeing Roy desperately avoiding it.

Still... steadily losing power from Roy's body.

My body gets heavier and my thoughts tend to break off.

I bled too much.

"Come on, that's about it? We have to get rid of the kid who got away with it."

Roy stares at the knife that the man in front of him tries to wave down in his hazy consciousness.

Oh... Me, I'm gonna die here.

In the end - I couldn't protect anything.

Mini...... sorry.

- On Roy's cheek, which closed his eyes firmly, a raw, warm liquid applied visibly.

I wipe it with my finger and it feels null.

What happened...? It was oddly nearly simultaneous for Roy to open his eyes and for the black-clad man to scream.

"Ghahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! My arm, my arm. Ahhh!

There are three of them present on the spot.

A black-crushed man with a knife missing ahead of his right wrist.

I see that in vain, Roy.

And - he is a man dressed in a robe standing between the two.

In his hand is held a sword with a slightly curved, pitch-black body with a reddish speckle pattern.

It was even somewhere beautiful to say that it was stained with people's blood.

"I'm not happy that a good adult cried a young girl. The reward for this request is priceless - that girl's smile, you bastard."